Gold Museum, Ballarat ~ Showcasing Ballarat's history

Easter School Holiday Program, 1 April – 17 April 2017

Join the fun and games during the Easter school holidays with our program of activities.

Choose Your Own Adventure

Are you a swash-buckling pirate or an adventurous explorer? Choose your own self-guided walk of the Gold Museum and discover the hidden treasures within! Available all day.

Postcard Station

Colour and send a postcard to your family and friends. Available all day.

Doctor Blake’s Ballarat exhibition

Get up close to the props, costumes, photography, and set sketches that bring The Doctor Blake Mysteries to life, and see the historic Ballarat locations featured in the show. Opens April 11, 2017. More information here

Golden Treasures Tour

Take a guided tour of the Gold Museum and hear the fascinating stories behind our collection objects. Available at 4.30pm.

More information here about ticket prices and opening times.

Program offered as part of Sovereign Hill’s The Story Lives On program.

March along with the Redcoats this summer.

We’re celebrating our brand new Redcoat uniforms with fun activities during our summer school holiday program.

The Redcoats Trail

Take a self-guided tour of the Gold Museum, following the story of the Redcoat soldiers. Answer the questions and claim a reward – a chocolate gold coin! Available 3.00pm-4.00pm

Golden Treasures Tour

Join one of our expert guides to hear the fascinating stories behind our objects on display. Available 4.30pm-5.00pm

Postcard Station

Colour and send a postcard to your friends and family. Available 9.30am-6.00pm

House of Lucas exhibition

Step in side the stylish world of Lucas & Co., a clothing firm which operated in Ballarat from the 1880s to the 1970s. Don’t forget to take a photo with our fab Lucas models in the foyer!

Program runs from December 26, 2016 to January 29, 2017.